Electric-lighting device



July 7, 1925.

F. HODOUS ELECTRIC LIGHTING DEVICE Filed Dec, 13 1922 Patented July 7, 1925.

EBANK CH ODOUS, OF MINNEAROLIS, "MINNESOTA.

ELECTRIC- LIGHTING DEVICE.

AppIication filed December 13, 1922. Serial No. 606,623.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Honoos, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in thecounty ofl lennepin andState of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electricdiighting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to electric lighting devices and has for its main object to provide a device for controlling the circuit to and for detachably securing a light in a convenient position on the back of the hand. The device is one which is particularly adapted for practical use by such persons as farmers, automobilerepairers, mechanics in general, and for railway signaling and in all other places where lanterns, lamps, torches and flashlights have been used heretofore. Further objects and advantages of the invention reside in the certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangements of parts which are fully described in the following specification, specifically pointed out in the appended claims, and are embodied in the structure disclosed in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a mitten on which the device is detachably secured, and shows also the circuit association of the device with the battery.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device (in a closed position), showing it as attached to a specific form of finger ring. 1

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view as seen substantially on the line 33 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section as seen on the line 1% in Fig. -2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section on the line 55 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a sectional View on the line 66 in Fig. 3.

This invention, of which the drawing shows the preferred embodiment, is a modification and improvement over the somewhat similar device patented to me on J anuary 3rd, 1922, Patent Number 1,402,609, 011 an application filed November 12th, 1920, under Serial Number 423,659, for electric light attachment for hand coverings.

In referring to the illustrations in the drawing like characters will be used to identify like parts in the various figures.

The battery B, which is used to energize the lamp 7, is secured on the body of the person in any suitable manner such as by placing in a pocket or suspending from a strap (not shown); and two wires :8 and 9, contained in ,a conduit 10, connect the battery binding posts 11 and '12 to the contact pins 13 and 14 ofa primary connectingblock 15, thecondui't preferably being strung through the'sleeve of the persons coat or shirt.

The light holding and controlling device consists primarily of a spring securing member 16 and a swinging arm 17 pivotally secured thereto as at 1 8. 'The member 16 is a fiat spring, with the securing rivet atone end, the other end portionbeing folded'back as at 19 to form a spring clip 20; normally spring held against the adjacent portion. lVhen a mitten is to be worn it is found desirable to sew three edges of a patch 21 ,to the back thereof, thus permitting the clip 20 to be pulled into frictional engagement through the open end. A small slit in .the mitten may alsoserve in a like manner, but the patch is found more desirable. When no hand covering is worn a convenient means for securing the device on the back of the hand consists of a vring R adapted to be worn on a finger. This ring consists of a substantially circular spring member whose ends are overlapped (as shown in Fig. 2) so that it will adjust itself to and make itself quite tight on any size of finger on which it is placed. On the back of the ring is constructed a socket member 22 in which the clip 20 is secured. It is found desirable to provide the member 16 with a small teat 23 which by frictionally engaging in a perforation 24 in the member 22 will more firmly secure the device on the ring.

The swingingarm 17 consists of a channel member, pivoted, as stated, .at 18, atone end, while its other end continuesin a relatively inclined socket 25, which is provided with a plurality of inwardly projecting teats 26 which serve as threads for the light to be screwed into. A reflector 27 may be frictionally secured on the outer side of the socket if so desired.

The member 17 is also provided with an integrally formed lip 28, which, when the arm 1'7 is closed against the member 16, snaps over the curved end portion 19 of the member 16 and thus secures the arm in place until pulled off by the operator.

The member 17 is further provided with three transversely arranged pin socket members 29, 30 and 31, 'the first two of which are insulated from the adjacent channel portions in which they are secured. From the member 29 a spring 32 extends to a bolt 33, which is also insulated from the channel member, and continues in a curved springy' extension 34 (see Fig. 3) to the contact point 35 of the light 7. The usual threaded collar of the light, which screws into the socket 25 constitutes the second contact, for energizing the light.

From the socket 30 a second spring 36 extends forward toward. but not to the light bulb. A finger button 37 is slidable in a slot 38 in the channel member, and, when so doing actuates the spring 36 up and down, as the spring has an inclined portion, as at 39, against which the button acts. Thus when the button is in its rearward position, as shown in Fig. 1, the spring 36 does not contact with the bolt 33, but when the button is pushed forward the spring touches said bolt and completes a circuit, as will presently be described.

The pins 13, 14 of the block 15 may be inserted'in the-sockets 30, 31, on either side of the channel member, depending upon which hand the device is to be used. The block is shown, however, on only one side. The block 15 is provided with a spring piece 40, which is provided with a small teat 41 for engagement with a slot or perforation 42 in the channel member, for insuring against accidental displacement of the block.

A second block 43, construction like block 15, is provided for engagement in the sockets 29 and 30. Its wires 44-and 45, instead of leading to the battery, however, lead to a pair of contact points 46 and 47, respectively, in the finger ends of the mitten.

pletes a circuit from the battery to the light through the respective elements 11, 8, 13, 30, 36, 33, 34, 35, 7, 25, 17, 31, 14, 9 and 12. T 0 open the circuit the same is broken by releasing the button 37 so that the spring 36 'will part from the bolt 33.

If an intermittent light only is desired, such as for signalling the operator has but to bring the points 46 and 47 together. The circuit is now complete through the respective elements 11, 8, 13, 30, 45, 47, 46, 44, 29, a2, 34, 35, 7, 25, 17, 14, 9 and 12, and is conversely opened by merely separating the fingers.

It is understood that suitable modifications may be made in the general design and structural details of the device embodying this invention, provided, however, that such modifications come within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Having now therefore fully shown and described my invention what I claim to be new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination in a device of the character described, of a securing clip for mounting the device on the hand, a light carrying member mounted on the clip, a finger ring having a socket formed thereon, said securing clip having an arm adapted to be yieldingly retained in said socket.

2. In a device of the character described,

a securing member for securing the device ried in the swinging arm for controlling an electric circuit with said light, and flexible wires, in circuit with the light and switch, attached to the arm.

3. In a device of the class described, a securing member for securing the device on the back of the hand, an arm hingedly secured to said securing member and carrying an electric light at its swinging end, said arm being channel shaped in cross section, and an exteriorly operated switch mounted within the channel for controlling an electric circuit to said light.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK HODOUS. 

